Athletics
Pepperdine University participates in the West Coast Conference, a conference made up exclusively of religiously affiliated schools. Appropriate for its location adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, Pepperdine's teams are known as the Waves.
Pepperdine University was recently ranked by the Sears Cup as having the most successful athletic program for non-football Division I schools. (Stanford was ranked the most successful Division I athletic program with football.) Pepperdine University sponsors fourteen NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, volleyball and water polo teams for men; and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball for women. There are also several intercollegiate sports clubs such as men's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, surf team, Ultimate Frisbee and men's rugby.
NCAA Division I Team Championships:
- Baseball (1992)
- Men's Golf (1997)
- Men's Tennis (2006)
- Men's Volleyball (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005)
- Water Polo (1997)
NCAA Division I Individual Titles:
- Robbie Weiss (1988 Tennis - Singles)
- Carlos Di Laura & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles)
- Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)
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